scare

1. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events (synset 114429335)
   "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
   is a type of: anxiety, anxiousness - (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
   subtypes: red scare - a period of general fear of communists
   same as: panic
2. A sudden attack of fear (synset 107536676)
   is a type of: fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
   same as: panic attack

1. Cause fear in (synset 201783082)
   "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
   causes: dread, fear - be afraid or scared of; be frightened of
   is a type of: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
   subtypes:

   • bluff - frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is
   • awe - inspire awe in
   • terrify, terrorise, terrorize - fill with terror; frighten greatly
   • intimidate - make timid or fearful
   • alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrify - fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
   • consternate - fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion
   • spook - frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
   same as: affright, fright, frighten
2. Cause to lose courage (synset 201789567)
   "dashed by the refusal"
   is a type of: intimidate - to compel or deter by or as if by threats
   same as: dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare away, scare off

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